Hospice News

JULY 14, 2023

Paul Mastrapa becomes CEO of Interim HealthCare Jennifer Sheets is out as CEO of Interim HealthCare and Caring Brands International. Paul Mastrapa, former CEO of Help at Home, will succeed her. Mastrapa since 2021 has been an advisor and consultant to multiple health care companies. Gerard wrote on LinkedIn Monday.

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Hospice News

MARCH 26, 2025

Todays hospice landscape is reaching a pivotal point of evolutionary growth that has come with increased oversight as regulators seek to curb fraudulent activity in the space, according to Bill Dombi, senior counsel for the law firm Arnall Golden Gregory (AGG). Dombi also recently joined New Day Healthcare LLCs board of advisors.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

(NASDAQ: PNTG) has acquired Guardian Hospice and Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma for an undisclosed amount. Guardian Hospice of Oklahoma received Medicare certification in 2015 and has since grown its presence in the state and across Texas. Financial terms for these transactions were undisclosed.

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Hospice News

MAY 28, 2024

Nurses entering the workforce need a wider scope of hospice and palliative care education and awareness to help fill these knowledge gaps and prepare them for growing demand, according to Michelle White, director of home and transitional care and homecare providers at North Carolina-based Cone Health. “I’ve

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Hospice News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Because as more [Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), Medicare shared-savings health plans negotiate with hospices, they’re going to want a discount.”. Susan Ponder-Stansel, CEO, Alivia Care. Kenneth Albert, president and CEO, Androscoggin Home Care + Hospice. “We Examining per-payer margins.

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Hospice News

JULY 3, 2023

“People have been flipping licenses, absolutely,” Cory Mertz, managing partner for the M&A Advisory firm Mertz Taggart, told Hospice News. “We led a group of lawmakers who wrote to CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure asking for the agency to brief them on fraud and abuse within the Medicare Hospice Benefit.

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Hospice News

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Former Community CEO Susan-Ponder Stansel moved on to lead Alivia Care. Ward, who has worked in hospice since 1992, also serves as the COO of Alivia Care. Hospice News sat down with Ward at the National Association for Home Care and Hospice Conference and Expo in St.

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AlayaCare

JANUARY 14, 2020

AlayaCare on site at top industry conference January 19-22 in Miami Next week, the nation’s top conference for leaders in home and hospice care heads to Miami as Home Care 100 lands January 19-22. We are seeing private pay agencies intermingle with public payers and health authorities.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 10, 2023

NASDAQ: AVAH) was a company mostly focused on in-home care to pediatric populations. When the Atlanta-based provider filed to go public in April 2021, however, it revealed ambitious plans to expand into the arenas of Medicare-certified home health and hospice care. “We

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Hospice News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Their recommendations included a temporary moratorium on new hospices enrolling in Medicare. The earlier experiences of home health providers informed those recommendations as well. “We The SMRC will notify hospices under review with a statement of reasons, request for documentation as well as informational resources.

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Hospice News

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Hospice care reduces Medicare expenditures by about $3.5 reduction, according to a joint report released in March by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and NORC at the University of Chicago. .

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Hospice News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Home-based care has a proven track record of reducing the total cost of care, which could lead to increased government investment in those services. Hospice is a great example. Hospice care saves Medicare roughly $3.5 Nevertheless, MA has been a rising tide in home health, in particular.

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